All those issues are likely to be revisited with the change in judges.

“According to Florida law, all orders a recused judge ruled on are subject to review and rehearing before the newly appointed judge,” said defense attorney Cory Strolla in an email to the Times-Union.

The motion to kick Bass off the case relates to the judge’s decision at a May 3 hearing where she denied the motion to declare Dunn indigent. If he had been declared indigent, the state would have been required to pay for investigations Strolla wanted to conduct into the crime.

Bass denied the motion because Strolla is being paid $7,500 a month to represent Dunn.

Strolla said Dunn’s parents are paying him, and not Dunn himself, but Bass said that didn’t matter.Strolla argued this was an extraordinary situation and asked to call Christian Lake with the Justice Administrative Commission in Tallahassee so he could testify by phone on why Dunn should be declared indigent.

Bass refused to let Lake testify, and Strolla in his motion requesting her off the case said he learned she communicated with Lake before the hearing occurred, which is not allowed.

Lake could not be reached for comment Thursday.

Strolla also said Bass failed to control her courtroom, including warning Ron Davis, the victim’s father, about his outburst in the courtroom.

Attorney John Phillips, who represents the Davis family, said the parents had no comment on the removal of Bass.

This was Bass’ first high-profile murder trial. She was elected to the bench in 2012 when she defeated Circuit Judge John Merrett. It was the first time in more than two decades that a Jacksonville circuit judge was ousted by a challenger.

@Phblack: I am not saying what he should get. I am looking at it from his perspective and saying thats probably the best he can do and I doubt he can do that because the SAO wont sign off on that deal unless the family goes along with it.